West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-24
what a humiliation It must

my SELF bN getting IN such n contest Then
think Of what tho King OF Heaven aud
Earth endured when lie came down and
Fought that great wretch W hell, and fought
him In tho wilderness AMI on the top Of the
Temple. But | bless God i'm that triumph
over temptation Christ gives u.s. the assurance
that we shall also triumph. Having Himself
oeen tempted He is able 10 succor all those
who are tempted
In violent storm at snh the utats told n
boy for the rigging had become entaugled
IN the maSt-to go oup aud right IL. A gentle
man standing ON the deck said: Don't send
that boy up, he will be dashed 90 death "
The mate said II know what / am about 4"
no boy raised his hat In recognition OF the
order, aud then rose, hand over
hand, aud went 10 work; and as he
swung IN the storm the passengers wrung
their hands and expected TO SEQ him fall Tho
work done, lao came down I'm safety, and a
Christian man said 20 him: "why did YOU
20 down in tho forecastlc before YOU went
upM "Ah, % said the boy. IL went down 70
pray. NV mother always taught mo before
undertook ANYTHING great 10 pray w hat
Is that YOU la Ia your Nest'' said the
man. 80, that Is the New Testament he
said. 81 Thought | would carry IL with mo
II | really did 10 overheard How we'll
that boy was protected | care not how
great the height or how vast the depth, with
Christ within us, and Christ bNaeath us,
aud Christ above MS, and Christ all around
MS. nothing shall befall MS in tho way OF
harm. Christ himself. having been in the
tempost will deliver all those who put their
trust In him. Blessed bo his glorious name
forever.
Tho third installment paid for our ro.
demution was the Saviours sham trial /
call IL "A sham trial--there has never been any
thing so indecent or unfair in the TomSs
Court Of New York ns was Witnessed at tho
trial Of Christ Why, they hustled Him into
the courtroom at two o'clock i'm the morn
ing They gave Him no time for counsel.
They gave Him no opportunity for subpoena.
ing witnesses The ruillians who wero wander
ing around through the midnight, OF course
they saw the arrest and went into tho court
room But JesuSs friends were sober men,
were rcspe table men, and Mt that hour-two
O'Clock I'm the morning-of course they were
nt home asleep ConSe IUontly Christ entered
th' courtroom with the ruflinns
OH look at Him. No one 10 speak "A worl
for Him. lift the lantern until | can look
into His face and "a my heart beats la sym
pathy for this, the best friend the world ever
had, Himself now utterly friendlcsS, AN
officer Of the courtroom comes up aud smitcs
Him I'm the mouth. aud see the blood steal
ing from gum and lip Oh, a. was farce
Of trial, lasting only perhaps nn
hour, and then the judge rises for the Scu-
tencc! IL IS against the law 30 give sentence
unless there has been an adjournment OF tho
court between condemnation aud seuteuce;
but what cares this judge for the lawi Tho
man has no friends--let him die says the
Judge, and the rurians outside tho rail cry
Aha! aha that's what We want
go His blood. Hand him out here 20
us. Away with Him. Away with Him
Oh bless God, that amid all the injustice
that may be inflicted upon us in this world
We have divine sympathizer. The world
Calnut lie about YOU, nor abuse you as much
as they did Christ, and Jesus stands
today in every court room, in every
home, in oyery store, and says
Courage! BY all my hours OF
maltroatmont aud abuse, Will protect those
who are tramplcl on Aud when Christ
the stroke Of the ruilian on the mouth aud
the bowling Of the unwashed crowd, then He
will forget you and me i'm the injustices of
lifo that may be inflicted upon u.s.
Some Of you want dcliVerRnco from your
troubles God knows you have enough Of
them. Physical troubles; domestic troubles;
spiritual troubles, financial troubles You
have been gathering them up, some perhaps
Tor 1--we, or six, or seven years aud you have
divided them into two classes Those you can
talk about and those you cannot talk about;
aud os those griefs are the most grinding
aud depressing which you cannot mention
you get coincidence for the things you can
speak Of, while you get no coincidence for the
things that you cannot In your school days
you learned how 20 bound the States, aud
could tell what rivers aud lakes and noun
tnins ran through them If you were asked
to-day 10 bound your worldly estate
you would say IL Is bounded on the
north by trouble, and on the south
by trouble aud on th1 east by
trouble, and on the west by trouble, while
rivers OF tears and lakes of woe and moun-
tains OF disaster run through il. What are
you going 10 do with your troublesi Why do
you not go tho theater aud have your mind
nb sorbed in some tragedy "Oh,n you say,
everything have seen on the boards OF the
stage l. tame compared with the tragedy Of
my own lifeI Wei, then, why do you not
90 To your trunks ami closets and
gather up all the mefnentJes Of your
departed friends aud put them
out Of sight. and take down their pictures
from the wall aud put Go the frame harvest
scene or some bright and gay spectacle,
''Ah.' you say, "if should remove all these
mementoes Of my departed friends. that
would not toke away the killing pictures that
are hanging in the gallery Of my own heart
Well, III that does not help you. why not
plunge into society aud try 10 wash of in
worldly gayeties AL these nsgOilmeftts OF the
soult Oh you say, " nave tried that
but how can hear other children laugh when
my children are senti How can ] see other
happy families when my own happy family
i1 broken up. Trouble, trouble,0 Hut do
you gain anything 10y broJding over y0ur
misfortuneg by sitting down in dark room,
10y a comparison 81 the sweet past with the
bitter PRESENT. No. that makes thiDps
worse" But ] have ~ tell you to-day that
the Christ Of oil sympathy presents Himself
get along without sympathy do not think
would live n day without IT, And yet there
are. great many who seem 10 get along
without divine sympathy Their fDrtl ne ina
the counting room, or ia the store, OF iu
the insurance company takes wings aud flies
away They button up q penniless pocket
They sit down in reuury where once
they bad afliuen.e, and vet there is
ul Jesus 10 stand by them aud KAY.
Oh man there are treasures that never
fail, iu bnnks tha' never break. j will take
care NJ you } own the cattle on n thousand
bills, mud y0u shall never want They have
u. such divine Saviour 10 say thot o. them
10 not know how they get along Death
comes o. the nursery. one voice lsss iu the
laughter. Two hands less t0 be busy
nlI day Two feet less % bound
through the ball Shadow after shadow
following through that household set mo
Jo us tI stand there and -ay ~ am tho
-hopucri D. That lamb is not lost. ! took 10 on
th cold mountains Alls WELL oh. can
y0u f"il me tha mystery Can you solve itf
r. .t-. and pains. and sorrows. and loses.
aud ovn-p.rntiDu-. and hcrea vementt can
get along without p sympathkng Christi
/ cannot understand o.
But J come hare ~ say this morning that
IN NUu really want divine sympathy Won can
hAto it There are two or three passages of
Scripture Chat tbrJb with pity and kindness
and love 'Cot thy burden on the Lord and
lio VIII sustain thee Come unto lie al
yo who are weary and heavy laden and
viii give YOU rest oh, there are green PAS
tIre- where the Heavenly Shepherd lead the
sick and wounded n he flock When all the
other trees NJ the orchard fail God has one
tree OF fruit Tor Ills dear children Though
The organ walls ont requiem, there comes